Category: New York Daily News
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LIVOTI BOUNCED IN SAFIR CRACKDOWN; Commish orders profiles of too-tough cops
February 22, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JOHN MARZULLI, Daily News Staff Writers Police Commissioner Howard Safir yesterday vowed tougher monitoring of cops accused of brutality after he fired a controversial Bronx officer whose use of an illegal choke hold led to a man’s death. Safir canned Officer Francis Livoti for violating departmental regulations…
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Council Plunges Into Swimsuit Issue
Friday, February 21, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer New Yorkers yearning to breathe free and stroll the city’s streets in bathing suits can take heart it may soon be legal. As part of a legal spring cleaning, the City Council is eying repeal of outdated taboos in the city administrative code,…
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N.J. Wins Battle In Sewage-Dump War
February 19, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer New York retreated in the Great Sewage War yesterday after tough talk from New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman. After a day of counter-charges, the city and state agreed to at least a year-long delay in plans to release 560 million gallons of raw sewage…
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Rudy Probes His Own Campaign
February 17, 1997 by BOB LIFF and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani’s reelection campaign has launched internal audits to determine whether any corporate contributors gave donations that exceeded the $7,700 limit allowed by the city’s public campaign finance law. Campaign officials disclosed the reviews after the Daily News reported that a…
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Poll: Wild About Mayor, Not Rudy
February 12, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and FRANK LOMBARDI, Daily News Staff Writers City voters soundly approve of Mayor Giuliani’s job performance and would reelect him in a walk, even though they aren’t wild about his personality, according to a new poll. The Quinnipiac College Poll showed 62% of voters approved of the first-term…
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Rudy Hedges Bets On Riverboat
February 9, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Mayor Giuliani yesterday said he could support riverboat gambling under some conditions but would have to study its effect on neighborhoods near where the boats dock. The mayor also said he would need to be assured the venture is free of organized crime —…
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City Has Net For Deadbeats
February 7, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer The city yesterday launched a cyberspace hunt for deadbeat parents who owe tens of thousands of dollars in child support payments. Computer users around the city and the world can now access the Internet and view a “Deadbeat Hall of Shame” with names, photographs…
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Roommate Linked To PAL Slay
February 2, 1997 by PETE DONOHUE and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Police Athletic League coach Anthony Pickens was killed because a woman selling drugs out of his Queens apartment was annoyed that Pickens had fallen behind in his rent, law enforcement sources said yesterday. Police were hunting yesterday for the roommate, a…
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Big Banks Charging Big Bucks
January 31, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer The city’s biggest banks are continuing to take the biggest bite out of depositors’ wallets. Chase Manhattan and Citibank top the list of the most expensive banks in the city, according to a new survey released yesterday by Public Advocate Mark Green and State…